DISTRIBUTED ENGINE CONTROL SYSTEM
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1. A distributed engine control system for a gas turbine engine incorporating a hydro-mechanical unit (HMU), comprising:
- first and second engine data concentrators, each of the first and second engine data concentrators including;
a processor module,a signal conditioning module coupled to the processor module,a data transfer module coupled to the processor module; and
a data bus coupled between the first and second engine data concentrators and the HMU.
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Abstract
A distributed engine control system is provided. The engine control system includes first and second engine data concentrators. Each of the first and second engine data concentrators include a processor module, a signal conditioning module coupled to the processor module, a data transfer module coupled to the processor module, and a data bus coupled between the first and second engine data concentrators and a hydro-mechanical unit (HMU).
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21 Claims
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1. A distributed engine control system for a gas turbine engine incorporating a hydro-mechanical unit (HMU), comprising:
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first and second engine data concentrators, each of the first and second engine data concentrators including; a processor module, a signal conditioning module coupled to the processor module, a data transfer module coupled to the processor module; and a data bus coupled between the first and second engine data concentrators and the HMU. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
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12. A distributed engine control architecture for a gas turbine engine incorporating a fuel control, comprising:
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first and second engine data concentrating means, each of the first and second data concentrating means including; signal conditioning means for conditioning inputted simplex and redundant data, data transfer means coupled to the signal conditioning means for routing the simplex and redundant data, and processing means coupled to the data transfer means for processing the simplex and redundant data; and data bus means coupled between the first and second engine data concentrating means and the fuel control to transfer data between the first and second engine data concentrating means and the fuel control. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of controlling an engine having first and second engine data concentrators, comprising:
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signal conditioning inputted simplex and redundant data; multiplexing the inputted simplex and redundant data, converting analog simplex and redundant data into digital simplex and redundant data; processing the digital redundant data; and transferring the digital redundant and simplex data from the first engine data concentrator to the second engine data concentrator over a digital data bus. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21)
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